This Sunday, the Two and a Half Men alum will create his debut as Superman’s most attention-grabbing foe on the CW superhero drama; nonetheless, this isn’t the principle time he’s played a Luthor. As most followers know, he played comedic reduction Lenny Luthor in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, which is broadly thought to be as the most disappointing entry of the authentic Christopher Reeve-led sequence (EW’s non-public Darren Franich ranked it as the worst Superman movie ever). Given both of the film’s lower than capable reputation and Cryer’s love of the principle Superman movieand the comics, he wanted the different to achieve the Luthor title justice.

“Segment of the reason I did Superman IV modified into because [Superman] modified my lifestyles,” Cryer advised journalists at a screening of Sunday’s episode “O Brother, The build Are Thou,” on Friday. “I modified into devour 14-years-previous and [Superman‘s] tagline modified into, ‘You will take into consideration a person can cruise,’ and boy, I equipped it! I fully equipped it. Superman IV had essentially high hopes, but sadly, it modified into very disappointing for folk and that had frequently form of hurt me in a essentially 14-year-previous boy design. And so I thought, you know, here’s my probability to achieve it enticing.”

Up to now, the skills of both playing Lex and returning to the Luthor household has been fairly “enticing,” he talked about. “I had a decided amount of familiarity. I modified into very fascinated with working with Katie McGrath and I love the entire story that they’ve build up for this season. Yeah, I felt devour Lenny [was] a division on the household tree that fell off fairly early and modified into rotting on the bottom mainly for a protracted whereas…So I believe devour this modified into my probability to form of reclaim it and accomplish it a chunk of more justice, or injustice, as it were.”

Supergirl showrunners and govt producers Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller grasp additionally been very delighted with Cryer’s efficiency to this level.

“I’m in fright of Mr. Cryer. I don’t deem lets grasp perhaps finished better in our casting, and I mean, we’re enticing extremely overjoyed,” talked about Queller. “We were so aroused when DC gave us permission to utilize Lex Luthor. It’s one thing the gift has desired to achieve for the reason that onset and it’s frequently been a essentially emphatic ‘no’… This modified into a gargantuan reward to gain to make our Lex, and we essentially desired to grasp a unique Lex Luthor that paid homage to the diverse celebrated iconic Lexes.”

The duo revealed that Cryer modified into their first different. “We were fascinated with who might well well well play Lex Luthor, after which I noticed Jon’s image after which it struck me, ‘Lenny Luthor!’ Then, it gave the impact devour what we essentially main in a Lex Luthor modified into a villain that you love to abominate and a kindly actor, and so it modified into devour, ‘Oh my god!’ It felt very serendipitous at the time.” talked about Rovner.

In Sunday’s episode, Lex is secretly furloughed from prison because he’s loss of life from an illness and wants his sister Lena’s (McGrath) motivate to search out a cure. From there, the episode dives into the sibling’s dynamic.

“I deem Lex is a sociopath. He’s an real sociopath, but he does grasp a link he can’t ruin alongside with her. And additionally to some diploma, he will get that she’s bought a enticing reward as an intellect and as a scientist. So, his narcissism, I deem, kicks in and he can gain that to devour about her,” talked about Cryer. “She’s devour me, that’s why I love her. So he understands that she’s a ambitious person and I attain deem that his essentially zigzag household history does come into play. Even supposing, by the formula, I don’t know everything of your entire zigzag household history because there were hints, but I don’t but understand all of it. I deem that’s for the most attention-grabbing because I’m on Twitter too grand.”

He persisted, “As somebody who has lived with an fully poisonous human being in their lifestyles understands, you preserve them at arm’s size, and that’s what Katie’s personality Lena has finished beautifully is enticing, ‘I gain that you’re there, I gain that I have to tackle you, but I’m no longer going to let you hurt me.’”

Searching forward, you might well well well quiz the supervillain to grasp an affect on the the leisure of the fourth season. “I deem [Lex’s introduction] energizes the 2nd half of the season because his presence within the gift and within the story that we’re telling essentially creates a unique villain that drives each person’s agenda shifting forward.”